{"id":302574,"date":"2025-12-15T21:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/europe-facing-a-number-of-lawsuits-the-plan-to-use-russias-frozen-assets-for-ukraine-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:00:56","slug":"europe-facing-a-number-of-lawsuits-the-plan-to-use-russias-frozen-assets-for-ukraine-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/europe-facing-a-number-of-lawsuits-the-plan-to-use-russias-frozen-assets-for-ukraine-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe facing &#8216;a number of lawsuits&#8217; \u2014 The plan to use Russia&#8217;s frozen assets for Ukraine | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1w-SzOov7RI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Europe facing 'a number of lawsuits' \u2014 The plan to use Russia's frozen assets for Ukraine | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1w-SzOov7RI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The European Union is scrambling for ways to keep funding flowing to Ukraine as the country approaches the fourth anniversary of Russia&#8217;s invasion. The European Commission has put forward a complex scheme to use some \u20ac210 billion of Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc to generate a loan for Ukraine. But Belgium remains opposed to the plan. It is concerned about possible retaliation from Russia. DW speaks to Hugo Dixon, British campaigner and principal architect of the plan to use Russia&#8217;s frozen assets to help finance Ukraine\u2019s military campaign.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Why a sizeable portion of Russia\u2019s frozen central bank assets are in Belgium<br \/>\n00:55 Genesis of the reparations loan plan<br \/>\n03:50 People and events that helped make the reparations loan plan<br \/>\n05:38 Safeguards for Euroclear<br \/>\n08:16 How the Ukraine reparation loan plan works<br \/>\n10:52 Belgium\u2019s opposition<br \/>\n12:47 Risks to the Eurozone<br \/>\n14:52 Signal to countries abroad<br \/>\n17:00: US plan for Russia\u2019s frozen assets<br \/>\n19:10: What reparations loan for Ukraine will achieve<\/p>\n<p>#RussiaAssets #FrozenAssets #RussiaMoney<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union is scrambling for ways to keep funding flowing to Ukraine as the country approaches the fourth anniversary of Russia&#8217;s invasion. The European Commission has put forward a complex scheme to use some \u20ac210 billion of Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc to generate a loan for Ukraine. 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